State-room for ships.



No. 731,848. PATENTBD JUNE 2s, 1903. J. W. BOUGHTON.

STATBROOM PoR SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1903.

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' UNITED STATES Patented June 23, 1903.

PATENT Genion.

JOI-IN W. BOUGHTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

sTATEp-Roo-M FOR SHIPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,848, dated June 23,1903.

` Application filed March 20. 1903. Serial No. 148.807. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BoUGHToN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in State-Rooms for Ships andCars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in state-rooms for ships, cars,duc.; and it consists in forming adjacent rooms so that while each roommay have what is termed a single exclusive berth therein the rooms maybe made to communicate, so that the' berths therein are common to bothrooms, thus virtually forming a room for a plurality of occupants.

Figures l and 3 represent perspective views of a ships state-roomembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof.`Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section, looking up, of a portion,showing lockers Fig. 5 representsfor adjacent state-rooms. amodification of the lockers.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding par-ts in theigures.

Referring to the drawings, A and B desig- -nate adjoining state-rooms ofa ship.

C designates the berth of the state-room A, and D designates the berthof the state-room B, said berth C being above the berth -D.

E designates the vertical partition of the state-rooms above the berthC. l

F designates the vertical partition of the state-rooms between the twoberths, it being noticed that the partition E extends from the top ofthe state-room to the back of the berth C and that the partition Fextends from the front of the berth C to the back of the berth D, it nowbeing evident that the state-rooms and `berths are each adapted Afor asingle occupant and that theyare without communication other thanoutside of the said rooms.

As the berth C is above the berth D, the former is readilyreached bymeans of the step G, which in the present case is hinged to thepartition H opposite to the partition F, so as to be placed inhorizontal position and supported on the shoulder J on the partition Fand when not required for use to be readily folded out of the way. e

It will be noticed that each state-room has its own door and that theberths are closed from each other. In order, however, to place the twostate-rooms in communication, I form the partitions E and F, wherebythey may be moved or removed. For this purpose in the present case thepartition E is formed of sections E E2, which are hinged to each otherand the top of the stateroom, whereby said partition maybe folded andraised,af ter which it may be secured to the ceiling of the stateroom orthe partition K thereof. In this manner the two state-rooms are incommunication above the berth C.

The partition Fis made removable from the front and rear walls of thestate-room A, it

being primarily held in position between the vertical cleats L on therear Wall and a cleat on the front wall, to which it may be screwed orotherwise fastened. Now when said partition is displaced the twostate-rooms are in communication above the berth D or between the twoberths, and thus the ltwo berths are common to each state-room, and theoccupants of the two berths have virtually a double state-room, theybeing only separated by the berths, over which either may pass from oneroom to the other. (See Fig. 2.)

When the partition E is released, lowered, and again located inposition, the state-rooms are cnt ot'f above the berth C, and when thepartition F is restored to its normal position and secured thestate-rooms arccut off between the two -berths or isolated, and thuseach state-room and berth is designed for eX- clusive use of theoccupant thereof without communication between the adjacent stateroomsand berths, as primarily in Figs. l and 3.

Beneath the berth D is the longitudinallyextending partition M, which,while it forms a closure for the two state-rooms below said berth, alsoforms separate lockers N, one for each state-room, in which luggage,duc., may be placed.

'In Fig. 5 I show another partition P, which is of double-L shape, thesame forming lockersQ, one for each room, for purposes similar to thelockers N. 4

` Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A plurality of state-rooms that adjoin,

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each having a berth therein, the berths being separated from each otherand means Whereby the rooms may be placed in communication and theberths made common to both rooms.

2. In a plurality of state-rooms that adjoin, a berth for each room, oneberth being above and separate from the other and a movable verticalpartition between the upper'berth and the ceiling of the rooms.'

3. In a plurality of state-rooms that adjoin,

and separate from the other and a movable vertical partition between thetwo berths.

4. In a plurality of state-rooms that adjoin, a berth for each room, oneberth being above and separate from the other, a movable verticalpartition between the upper berth and ceiling and a movable tween thetwo berths.

JOHN W. BOUGHTON. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, S. R. CARR.

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